
The Kansas City Royals face the New York Yankees today, looking to end a five-game losing streak. Noah Cameron starts for the Royals, while Will Warren takes the mound for the Yankees, who previously shut out Kansas City in their last meeting.
ST LOUIS, MISSOURI - JUNE 5: Noah Cameron #65 of the Kansas City Royals delivers a pitch against the St. Louis Cardinals in the first inning during game one of a doubleheader at Busch Stadium on June 5, 2025 in St Louis, Missouri. (Photo by Dilip Vishwanat/Getty Images) | Getty Images
The Royals have lost five in a row, including every game on this road trip. But today is a new day. And today could be the start of a long winning streak! It could happen! Manager Matt Quatraro seems to be feeling the pressure to shake his team out of their funk, if the lineup changes are any indication. But weâll talk more about those at the end, as we usually do.
Noah Cameron takes the bump for KC today. In a lot of ways, heâs looked extremely similar to last season when he finished the year with a 2.99 ERA and came in fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting. He hasnât gotten as many groundballs or stranded as many runners, so his ERA is a full run higher through his first three starts, but he can work on improving that today against a lefty-heavy Yankees roster. Of course, his worst career start was last year against these same Yankees, so, ya know, it wonât be easy. But it could happen!
Will Warren will go for the Yankees. He throws five pitches, and four of them are graded out very highly. He throws a four-seam fastball, a sinker, a sweeper, a changeup, and a curveball, with the last pitch the only one that doesnât break stuff-ranking charts. Yet, for all that, he doesnât throw strikes at a particularly high rate and gets less chase and fewer whiffs than average. Hopefully, he wonât be able to dazzle the Royals too much. Heâs made one start against the Royals, last June. He pitched 5.2 shutout innings while striking out 4, walking 1, and allowing 4 hits. If youâre searching for ill omens, allowed the only run in that contest in the eighth inning as the Yankees won it 1-0.
Noah Cameron's current ERA is a full run higher than last season's 2.99 ERA, reflecting his struggles early this year.
The Royals have lost five consecutive games leading up to today's matchup against the Yankees.
Will Warren previously pitched 5.2 shutout innings against the Royals, striking out 4 and allowing only 4 hits.
Manager Matt Quatraro has made lineup changes in an effort to shake the team out of its recent losing streak.

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Salvy gets his first full day off since August 18 and 19 last year, when he was dealing with an illness. Hopefully, heâs not sick today and is just getting some much-deserved rest. In the interim, the lineup gets a pretty massive shakeup. Jac Caglianone vaults up to the cleanup spot, and rookie Carter Jensen hits behind him in the five-spot. Isaac Collins is back in the lineup for the first time since Tuesday, but heâs going to just be the DH. Lane Thomas will bat eighth, playing left field. The much-maligned outfielder has slashed .333/.429/.333/.762 this week. Itâs not a stunning line, but it absolutely represents getting on base, which is what he was brought to KC to do.
For those of you who hate alternating lefties and righties in your lineup, the Royals have four lefties in the middle of their order. That would seem vulnerable to the Yankeesâ bullpen, but maybe they can score some runs so that the bullpen doesnât factor in? And, honestly, itâs not like putting righties in between Cags and Carter has exactly stopped teams from sending out their left-handed relievers anyway. So maybe Q just realized it wasnât helping as much as heâd hoped with the team built the way it is.